Nervous System Quiz 354 (20 MCQs)

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1. What classification of neuron is most common in the special sense organs?

Correct Answer: C) Bipolar.

2. Sends an impulses to other cells?

Correct Answer: B) Axon.

3. Form of rapid transmission of a nerve impulse along a myelinated fiber, in which the nerve impulse leaps from node to node

Correct Answer: A) Saltatory conduction.

4. The Central Nervous System is made up of which TWO parts?

Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord.

5. Transmit impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands

Correct Answer: B) Motor Neurons.

6. Alexis had both ears plugged. Her partners placed a ringing tuning fork on her skull and Alexis could hear the sound. This is an example of

Correct Answer: C) Bone conduction.

7. The command center, "mother ship", of the human body.

Correct Answer: A) Brain.

8. What type of cell carries impulses from receptors in all parts of the body to the brain and spinal cord?

Correct Answer: B) Sensory neuron.

9. Which of the following is controlled by motor neurons?

Correct Answer: D) Contracting and lengthening muscles to run.

10. Conditioned and Natural are types of

Correct Answer: D) Reflexes.

11. The basal ganglia are mainly related to ..... functions.

Correct Answer: A) Motor.

12. My ventral surface is

Correct Answer: B) The chest.

13. The gap between axons and dendrites is the

Correct Answer: D) Conclusion.

14. An example of a body responding to stimuli is

Correct Answer: C) Your mouth watering when you smell food.

15. The area of the brain that stores and retrieves memories is the .....

Correct Answer: C) Hippocampus.

16. Sympathetic nerves arise from ..... and ..... regions.

Correct Answer: D) Thoracic; lumbar.

17. What is the function of dendrites?

Correct Answer: A) Receive impulses.

18. The portion of the nervous system that is considered involuntary is the

Correct Answer: A) Autonomic nervous system.

19. Carry impulses from sensory neuron to the motor neurons

Correct Answer: B) Associative (interneurons).

20. Which area of the brain is responsible for learning, memory, and comprehension?

Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum.